Motorcycle rider hurt passing cars on Highway 12

9:08 PM,
Aug. 26, 2013

Written by

Chris Smith
Leaf-Chronicle

A motorcycle rider was severely injured while swerving in and out of traffic on Highway 12 Sunday afternoon.

At about 3:40 p.m., witnesses said a man on a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle was speeding on the highway and passing vehicles on a double yellow line, according to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol Monday evening.

Near McAdoo Creek Road, the rider, Barry Hagewood, 43, of Charlotte, tried to pass a 2009 Honda Civic on a double yellow line when he saw another ...